Author Topic: Look what my eldest just built!! (Read 6924 times)

deathjester · « **on:** June 17, 2012, 07:06:49 AM »

A little while ago, we bought an aircraft book for our eldest son Mitchell, with a difference: it had a press out cardboard plane you can build in a folder with it. Hmm, nice thought I - and put it on the shelf until he was ready to build it. Well, today he did - and what I didn't appreciate at the time of purchase is that it actually has a 40cm + wingspan!!

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2012, 07:08:05 AM »

Looking great!!! :)

deathjester · « **Reply #2 on:** June 17, 2012, 07:12:46 AM »

Cheers! - I'll see about some close ups of it later on...

RussC · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2012, 11:03:12 AM »

Train well, young ninja

for you will inherit the realm of styrene and resin.

Sentinel Chicken · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2012, 11:50:20 AM »

This is where we all started out at one time in our lives.

The question becomes when he becomes your age. Whose stash will be bigger?

Chris · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2012, 08:30:09 PM »

Nice work by the lad - what was the book ? I've got a nephew of about the right age

Scooterman · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2012, 11:58:11 PM »

Very nice young man! Keep it up!

Brian da Basher · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2012, 12:06:20 AM »

That's very cool and most well done!

Brian da Basher

elmayerle · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2012, 07:22:30 AM »

My compliments to the young man, most beautifully done. Going from memory, I don't know that I could have done as wwell at his age.

deathjester · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2012, 10:05:45 PM »

Quote from: Chris on June 17, 2012, 08:30:09 PM

Nice work by the lad - what was the book ? I've got a nephew of about the right age

Here we go, with a few more pics of the plane, and the book it came from!

Chris · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2012, 11:08:55 PM »

Cheers mate, appreciated

wagnersm · « **Reply #11 on:** June 19, 2012, 06:12:50 AM »

Starting his training, you are. :)

Feldmarschall Zod · « **Reply #12 on:** June 21, 2012, 05:24:17 AM »

Great job.

taiidantomcat · « **Reply #13 on:** June 27, 2012, 10:34:42 PM »

Good for him! :)

deathjester · « **Reply #14 on:** August 13, 2012, 12:56:36 AM »

Here's one we just completed together, to teach him about different paint effects.

A subtle Whiff, with stabiliser strakes, and a small gun ranging radar pod.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #15 on:** August 13, 2012, 02:09:12 AM »

Well done. :)

TerryCampion · « **Reply #16 on:** August 13, 2012, 04:45:03 AM »

Good stuff!!

ChrisF · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2012, 08:39:44 PM »

Looks great !! :)

Brian da Basher · « **Reply #18 on:** August 14, 2012, 02:23:03 AM »

Deathjester Jr. has some real talent!

Excellent Spitfire by the Father-Son team!

Brian da Basher

deathjester · « **Reply #19 on:** August 16, 2012, 02:19:46 AM »

Cheers guys! The old Airfix Mk.IX makes a pretty good instructional airframe to teach little'un the basics. Also, as luck would have it, the first issue of the new Airfix mag has an article all about painting the new Spit, which we used as inspiration. Now getting endlessly nagged for the new MK.1...

elmayerle · « **Reply #20 on:** August 19, 2012, 12:13:10 PM »

Quote from: deathjester on August 13, 2012, 12:56:36 AM

Here's one we just completed together, to teach him about different paint effects.

A subtle Whiff, with stabiliser strakes, and a small gun ranging radar pod.

My compliments, that's most definitely better than I could have done at that age. He's definitely going to be impressive as he gets more experience.


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